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Originally Posted by Zachstar
With the post you made about his judge pick in the other topic you are not fooling me one bit.
As for McCrystal's sorry butt we spent a great deal of manpower and treasure in Iraq and frankly we just cant spare the manpower to fight another endless war in Afghanistan. On top of that the recently mineral desposits that had right wingers foaming at the mouth dreaming of extended war are now considered too costly to extract by international companies.
Therefore its not worth sending more troops to die for a country that is unlikely to stabilize for decades and likely can only be temporarily muzzled by having drones hovering like vultures all over the place. Troops don't mean a darn thing compared to a squad of drones in such a conflict.
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agreed. its unfortunate what is happening in Afghanistan, but the only way to really turn things around would be with a massive influx of troops and billions of dollar of aid, none of which is likely to happen. Better to cut our losses, pull out altogether, cross our fingers and hope for the best.